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  "schemaVersion": 1,
  "name": "Data centers under construction by state",
  "url": "https://joltrents.com/data-centers/under-construction-by-state/",
  "creator": "JOLT Mobile Offices & Containers",
  "publisher": "JOLT Mobile Offices & Containers",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-09-16",
  "license": {
    "name": "CC BY 4.0",
    "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
  },
  "citeAs": "JOLT Mobile Offices & Containers, \"Data centers under construction by state,\" September 16, 2026, joltrents.com, CC BY 4.0.",
  "source": {
    "tracker": "Aterio",
    "publisher": "Visual Capitalist",
    "title": "Ranked: The U.S. States Building the Most Data Centers",
    "url": "https://www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-us-states-data-center-hotspots",
    "asOf": "March 2026"
  },
  "notes": [
    "Counts are Aterio's as of March 2026, as Visual Capitalist published them, read September 16, 2026. Aterio classes a project as announced when a building permit, utility filing or public announcement exists and no ground is broken, and as under construction at groundbreaking.",
    "Total is the three columns summed. The source prints Nevada's total as 134 against columns that sum to 131; this file carries the sum.",
    "Alaska is not in the source. The District of Columbia is a row of its own."
  ],
  "columns": {
    "state": "State, or the District of Columbia",
    "operational": "Operational data centers",
    "under_construction": "Data centers under construction (ground broken)",
    "announced": "Announced data centers (a building permit, utility filing or public announcement; no ground broken)",
    "total": "Operational, under construction and announced, summed",
    "source": "The industry tracker the counts come from, and who published them",
    "source_as_of": "The tracker's snapshot date",
    "last_updated": "The date the counts were last read from the source (YYYY-MM-DD)"
  },
  "rowCount": 50,
  "rows": [
    {
      "state": "Texas",
      "operational": 212,
      "under_construction": 140,
      "announced": 610,
      "total": 962,
      "source": "Aterio (via Visual Capitalist)",
      "source_as_of": "March 2026",
      "last_updated": "2026-09-16"
    },
    {
      "state": "Virginia",
      "operational": 320,
      "under_construction": 136,
      "announced": 498,
      "total": 954,
      "source": "Aterio (via Visual Capitalist)",
      "source_as_of": "March 2026",
      "last_updated": "2026-09-16"
    },
    {
      "state": "Georgia",
      "operational": 62,
      "under_construction": 56,
      "announced": 340,
      "total": 458,
      "source": "Aterio (via Visual Capitalist)",
      "source_as_of": "March 2026",
      "last_updated": "2026-09-16"
    },
    {
      "state": "Pennsylvania",
      "operational": 37,
      "under_construction": 11,
      "announced": 209,
      "total": 257,
      "source": "Aterio (via Visual Capitalist)",
      "source_as_of": "March 2026",
      "last_updated": "2026-09-16"
    },
    {
      "state": "Arizona",
      "operational": 83,
      "under_construction": 35,
      "announced": 136,
      "total": 254,
      "source": "Aterio (via Visual Capitalist)",
      "source_as_of": "March 2026",
      "last_updated": "2026-09-16"
    },
    {
      "state": "Ohio",
      "operational": 101,
      "under_construction": 51,
      "announced": 98,
      "total": 250,
      "source": "Aterio (via Visual Capitalist)",
      "source_as_of": "March 2026",
      "last_updated": "2026-09-16"
    },
    {
      "state": "Illinois",
      "operational": 78,
      "under_construction": 19,
      "announced": 153,
      "total": 250,
      "source": "Aterio (via Visual Capitalist)",
      "source_as_of": "March 2026",
      "last_updated": "2026-09-16"
    },
    {
      "state": "California",
      "operational": 166,
      "under_construction": 6,
      "announced": 40,
      "total": 212,
      "source": "Aterio (via Visual Capitalist)",
      "source_as_of": "March 2026",
      "last_updated": "2026-09-16"
    },
    {
      "state": "Utah",
      "operational": 29,
      "under_construction": 10,
      "announced": 117,
      "total": 156,
      "source": "Aterio (via Visual Capitalist)",
      "source_as_of": "March 2026",
      "last_updated": "2026-09-16"
    },
    {
      "state": "Oregon",
      "operational": 97,
      "under_construction": 14,
      "announced": 33,
      "total": 144,
      "source": "Aterio (via Visual Capitalist)",
      "source_as_of": "March 2026",
      "last_updated": "2026-09-16"
    },
    {
      "state": "Nevada",
      "operational": 27,
      "under_construction": 29,
      "announced": 75,
      "total": 131,
      "source": "Aterio (via Visual Capitalist)",
      "source_as_of": "March 2026",
      "last_updated": "2026-09-16"
    },
    {
      "state": "New York",
      "operational": 50,
      "under_construction": 3,
      "announced": 72,
      "total": 125,
      "source": "Aterio (via Visual Capitalist)",
      "source_as_of": "March 2026",
      "last_updated": "2026-09-16"
    },
    {
      "state": "Indiana",
      "operational": 28,
      "under_construction": 23,
      "announced": 69,
      "total": 120,
      "source": "Aterio (via Visual Capitalist)",
      "source_as_of": "March 2026",
      "last_updated": "2026-09-16"
    },
    {
      "state": "Iowa",
      "operational": 58,
      "under_construction": 15,
      "announced": 38,
      "total": 111,
      "source": "Aterio (via Visual Capitalist)",
      "source_as_of": "March 2026",
      "last_updated": "2026-09-16"
    },
    {
      "state": "Washington",
      "operational": 71,
      "under_construction": 3,
      "announced": 26,
      "total": 100,
      "source": "Aterio (via Visual Capitalist)",
      "source_as_of": "March 2026",
      "last_updated": "2026-09-16"
    },
    {
      "state": "North Carolina",
      "operational": 43,
      "under_construction": 12,
      "announced": 40,
      "total": 95,
      "source": "Aterio (via Visual Capitalist)",
      "source_as_of": "March 2026",
      "last_updated": "2026-09-16"
    },
    {
      "state": "Minnesota",
      "operational": 27,
      "under_construction": 4,
      "announced": 45,
      "total": 76,
      "source": "Aterio (via Visual Capitalist)",
      "source_as_of": "March 2026",
      "last_updated": "2026-09-16"
    },
    {
      "state": "New Mexico",
      "operational": 13,
      "under_construction": 5,
      "announced": 52,
      "total": 70,
      "source": "Aterio (via Visual Capitalist)",
      "source_as_of": "March 2026",
      "last_updated": "2026-09-16"
    },
    {
      "state": "Missouri",
      "operational": 24,
      "under_construction": 8,
      "announced": 37,
      "total": 69,
      "source": "Aterio (via Visual Capitalist)",
      "source_as_of": "March 2026",
      "last_updated": "2026-09-16"
    },
    {
      "state": "Florida",
      "operational": 53,
      "under_construction": 2,
      "announced": 12,
      "total": 67,
      "source": "Aterio (via Visual Capitalist)",
      "source_as_of": "March 2026",
      "last_updated": "2026-09-16"
    },
    {
      "state": "Oklahoma",
      "operational": 22,
      "under_construction": 9,
      "announced": 34,
      "total": 65,
      "source": "Aterio (via Visual Capitalist)",
      "source_as_of": "March 2026",
      "last_updated": "2026-09-16"
    },
    {
      "state": "Alabama",
      "operational": 15,
      "under_construction": 8,
      "announced": 36,
      "total": 59,
      "source": "Aterio (via Visual Capitalist)",
      "source_as_of": "March 2026",
      "last_updated": "2026-09-16"
    },
    {
      "state": "Wisconsin",
      "operational": 18,
      "under_construction": 12,
      "announced": 28,
      "total": 58,
      "source": "Aterio (via Visual Capitalist)",
      "source_as_of": "March 2026",
      "last_updated": "2026-09-16"
    },
    {
      "state": "New Jersey",
      "operational": 49,
      "under_construction": 2,
      "announced": 6,
      "total": 57,
      "source": "Aterio (via Visual Capitalist)",
      "source_as_of": "March 2026",
      "last_updated": "2026-09-16"
    },
    {
      "state": "Michigan",
      "operational": 31,
      "under_construction": 1,
      "announced": 21,
      "total": 53,
      "source": "Aterio (via Visual Capitalist)",
      "source_as_of": "March 2026",
      "last_updated": "2026-09-16"
    },
    {
      "state": "Mississippi",
      "operational": 10,
      "under_construction": 21,
      "announced": 19,
      "total": 50,
      "source": "Aterio (via Visual Capitalist)",
      "source_as_of": "March 2026",
      "last_updated": "2026-09-16"
    },
    {
      "state": "Colorado",
      "operational": 31,
      "under_construction": 6,
      "announced": 10,
      "total": 47,
      "source": "Aterio (via Visual Capitalist)",
      "source_as_of": "March 2026",
      "last_updated": "2026-09-16"
    },
    {
      "state": "Kentucky",
      "operational": 10,
      "under_construction": 2,
      "announced": 34,
      "total": 46,
      "source": "Aterio (via Visual Capitalist)",
      "source_as_of": "March 2026",
      "last_updated": "2026-09-16"
    },
    {
      "state": "Wyoming",
      "operational": 12,
      "under_construction": 8,
      "announced": 25,
      "total": 45,
      "source": "Aterio (via Visual Capitalist)",
      "source_as_of": "March 2026",
      "last_updated": "2026-09-16"
    },
    {
      "state": "West Virginia",
      "operational": 4,
      "under_construction": 0,
      "announced": 39,
      "total": 43,
      "source": "Aterio (via Visual Capitalist)",
      "source_as_of": "March 2026",
      "last_updated": "2026-09-16"
    },
    {
      "state": "Connecticut",
      "operational": 7,
      "under_construction": 0,
      "announced": 33,
      "total": 40,
      "source": "Aterio (via Visual Capitalist)",
      "source_as_of": "March 2026",
      "last_updated": "2026-09-16"
    },
    {
      "state": "Nebraska",
      "operational": 26,
      "under_construction": 5,
      "announced": 8,
      "total": 39,
      "source": "Aterio (via Visual Capitalist)",
      "source_as_of": "March 2026",
      "last_updated": "2026-09-16"
    },
    {
      "state": "South Carolina",
      "operational": 18,
      "under_construction": 12,
      "announced": 8,
      "total": 38,
      "source": "Aterio (via Visual Capitalist)",
      "source_as_of": "March 2026",
      "last_updated": "2026-09-16"
    },
    {
      "state": "Tennessee",
      "operational": 31,
      "under_construction": 3,
      "announced": 3,
      "total": 37,
      "source": "Aterio (via Visual Capitalist)",
      "source_as_of": "March 2026",
      "last_updated": "2026-09-16"
    },
    {
      "state": "Louisiana",
      "operational": 10,
      "under_construction": 11,
      "announced": 16,
      "total": 37,
      "source": "Aterio (via Visual Capitalist)",
      "source_as_of": "March 2026",
      "last_updated": "2026-09-16"
    },
    {
      "state": "Maryland",
      "operational": 12,
      "under_construction": 12,
      "announced": 10,
      "total": 34,
      "source": "Aterio (via Visual Capitalist)",
      "source_as_of": "March 2026",
      "last_updated": "2026-09-16"
    },
    {
      "state": "Massachusetts",
      "operational": 23,
      "under_construction": 0,
      "announced": 0,
      "total": 23,
      "source": "Aterio (via Visual Capitalist)",
      "source_as_of": "March 2026",
      "last_updated": "2026-09-16"
    },
    {
      "state": "Kansas",
      "operational": 8,
      "under_construction": 1,
      "announced": 11,
      "total": 20,
      "source": "Aterio (via Visual Capitalist)",
      "source_as_of": "March 2026",
      "last_updated": "2026-09-16"
    },
    {
      "state": "Arkansas",
      "operational": 4,
      "under_construction": 2,
      "announced": 12,
      "total": 18,
      "source": "Aterio (via Visual Capitalist)",
      "source_as_of": "March 2026",
      "last_updated": "2026-09-16"
    },
    {
      "state": "Montana",
      "operational": 4,
      "under_construction": 0,
      "announced": 11,
      "total": 15,
      "source": "Aterio (via Visual Capitalist)",
      "source_as_of": "March 2026",
      "last_updated": "2026-09-16"
    },
    {
      "state": "North Dakota",
      "operational": 2,
      "under_construction": 4,
      "announced": 8,
      "total": 14,
      "source": "Aterio (via Visual Capitalist)",
      "source_as_of": "March 2026",
      "last_updated": "2026-09-16"
    },
    {
      "state": "Idaho",
      "operational": 4,
      "under_construction": 2,
      "announced": 6,
      "total": 12,
      "source": "Aterio (via Visual Capitalist)",
      "source_as_of": "March 2026",
      "last_updated": "2026-09-16"
    },
    {
      "state": "Maine",
      "operational": 4,
      "under_construction": 0,
      "announced": 7,
      "total": 11,
      "source": "Aterio (via Visual Capitalist)",
      "source_as_of": "March 2026",
      "last_updated": "2026-09-16"
    },
    {
      "state": "Delaware",
      "operational": 6,
      "under_construction": 0,
      "announced": 3,
      "total": 9,
      "source": "Aterio (via Visual Capitalist)",
      "source_as_of": "March 2026",
      "last_updated": "2026-09-16"
    },
    {
      "state": "South Dakota",
      "operational": 2,
      "under_construction": 0,
      "announced": 6,
      "total": 8,
      "source": "Aterio (via Visual Capitalist)",
      "source_as_of": "March 2026",
      "last_updated": "2026-09-16"
    },
    {
      "state": "New Hampshire",
      "operational": 6,
      "under_construction": 0,
      "announced": 0,
      "total": 6,
      "source": "Aterio (via Visual Capitalist)",
      "source_as_of": "March 2026",
      "last_updated": "2026-09-16"
    },
    {
      "state": "District of Columbia",
      "operational": 5,
      "under_construction": 0,
      "announced": 0,
      "total": 5,
      "source": "Aterio (via Visual Capitalist)",
      "source_as_of": "March 2026",
      "last_updated": "2026-09-16"
    },
    {
      "state": "Rhode Island",
      "operational": 3,
      "under_construction": 0,
      "announced": 0,
      "total": 3,
      "source": "Aterio (via Visual Capitalist)",
      "source_as_of": "March 2026",
      "last_updated": "2026-09-16"
    },
    {
      "state": "Hawaii",
      "operational": 2,
      "under_construction": 0,
      "announced": 0,
      "total": 2,
      "source": "Aterio (via Visual Capitalist)",
      "source_as_of": "March 2026",
      "last_updated": "2026-09-16"
    },
    {
      "state": "Vermont",
      "operational": 1,
      "under_construction": 0,
      "announced": 0,
      "total": 1,
      "source": "Aterio (via Visual Capitalist)",
      "source_as_of": "March 2026",
      "last_updated": "2026-09-16"
    }
  ]
}